1984–1990: Bachelor of Medicine, Mexican School of Medicine, Universidad
1991–1994: Residency in General Surgery at the Specialty Hospital, S. XXI National Medical Center (IMSS)
1994–1995: Academic fellowship in gastrointestinal and laparoscopic surgery at the Universidad Chile Hospital, Santiago, Chile
1995–1997: Clinical and research fellowship in esophageal surgery at Swedish Hospital Medical Center, Seattle, USA
Other Studies
Course on Perioperative Medical Care, INCMNSZ, México City, October 2000
10th INCMNSZ International Course on the Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract, México City, March 7–9, 2002
International Gastroenterology Course, AMG, Puebla, Puebla. August 18–20, 2005
AMG Advanced Gastrointestinal Surgery Course, México City, November 19–20, 2005
1st International Theoretical and Practical Course on Laparoscopic Surgery of the Colon and Rectum INCMNSZ, March 8–10, 2006
AMCE International Single-Port Surgery Conference, Veracruz, September 24–25, 2010
Advanced Theoretical and Practical Course on Endoscopic Suturing, La Salle, March 2014
ATLS course completed and certified in 1994, 2005, and February 2016,
Theoretical/Practical Course on Endoscopic Management of the Biliary Tract, Boston, SAGES 2016
Professional Activities
1997–2000: Physician assigned to the Department of General Surgery at Dr. Carlos Mac Gregor Sánchez Navarro Regional General Hospital No. 1 of the IMSS in Mexico City
2000–2007: Practiced medicine at Betania Hospital in the city of Puebla
2003–2006: Head of Operating Rooms at UPAEP University Hospital
2007–present: Practicing at Hospital Ángeles in Puebla City
Awards
Recipient of an Honorable Mention in recognition of his academic performance and an exceptionally high-quality professional examination, July 1989
Recipient of a fellowship awarded by the International Society of Surgery Foundation to only four surgeons every two years as the 1999 Travel Scholar
Academic recognition from the University of Chile for performance during the academic fellowship in the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery at the University Hospital
Organizations to which he belongs
Founding Member of the College of Postgraduates in General Surgery, December 2003